The Winter 2024 Experience Issue is Out Now
We always find such joy in starting out the year with our annual Winter 2024 Experience Issue. This edition offers a greater chance to dream, imagine, travel, and grow. And as we put it to print at the close of 2023, the light that shines from artists and creatives continues to outweigh the darkness that has crept into the reality of our everyday this winter.
We ask that you take heart and find sustenance in the positive changes we’re seeing in the art world and beyond. In our profiles section, you’ll see new appointments, like Courtney Willis Blair at White Cube, as markers of exciting shifts in artistic and institutional leadership. Dan Ghenacia blends neuroscience and art to create an instantaneous meditative journey, while Daniel Humm champions a vegan menu—both boasting benefits to health that abound.
Fernando Laposse tells the fascinating stories behind his utterly delightful designs, drawing us in with fanciful tactility. A furry mirror or table with maze-like marquetry are the result of an ongoing, long-term project to combat the problem of dwindling biodiversity in a small mountain village in Mexico. But, as we find out, the fruits of that labor and research are starting to blossom.
Travel to Italy, Mexico, France, and Iceland with the Winter 2024 Experience Issue
Travel with us to the shores of Lake Maggiore in Italy for two total immersions. One, with Louis Vuitton, on an idyllic island for its fantastical Cruise 2024 collection, shown within the perfectly landscaped gardens of the storied Isola Bella. The other to the heritage-enriched manufacture of the luxury outerwear company Herno, where the lush landscape inspires both innovation and a deep-rooted commitment to sustainability.
Kayak beside us in Iceland, where we explore with Vacheron Constantin glaciers and more to discover the watchmaker’s latest partnership with the artist Zaria Forman. And wander the gardens of Grasse, where Louis Vuitton’s resident nose Jacques Cavallier Belletrud takes us on a trip of the senses, igniting our memory and obsessions.
The Winter 2024 Experience Issue Covers
Go behind our three covers, featuring Kelly Wearstler, Ludovic Nkoth, and Derek Fordjour. Join Wearstler in Paris as she shares her favorite spots in the city to find inspiration for her more is more design ethos. In Paris we also connect with painter Nkoth at the end of his year-long residency that has resulted in multiple solo exhibitions and a self-described new understanding of painting, color, mark-making, and overall harmony. Go inside the studio of Fordjour, whose multi-installation, multidisciplinary major exhibition at Petzel Gallery in New York showcases a more personal and explorative side to the New York–based artist.
As we set our sights on 2024, we hope these pages offer transportive experiences that inspire, spark new ideas, and foster even just a tiny bit of comfort and hope. You can download the full issue HERE.
